•Current Postdoctoral scholars:
•Ian Pamerleau (2026-present) Working on NSF-funded project to study the evolution of stress at Campi Flegrei volcano in Italy in collaboration with INGV and the University of Illinois.
•Former postdoctoral scholars
• Diego Lobos (2024-2026) Completed fieldwork for the NSF-funded CHILCO project at Cordon Caulle volcano, Chile as well as NASA projects. Now works for Archela, Inc., a Tokyo-based startup that uses satellite data for nature-based carbon credit projects.
• Federico Galetto (2021-2025) Worked on several NASA funded projects related to global eruptive flux and the Commercial Smallsat Data Acquisition program. Currently at Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia (INGV), Italy
• Kevin Reath (2016-2020) NASA-supported postdoctoral scholar and USGS Powell Center Fellow; currently works at NASA Ames Research Center
* Francisco Delgado (2018): Spent a few months working on the Cordon Caulle volcano project funded by NSF. See career path under former graduate students.
• Scott Henderson (2016) Volcano geodesy and ground deformation in east Africa from the SEGMENT project; currently a Research Scientist at the University of Washington; Also worked at Chevron; Postdoctoral Scholar at the Universidad de los Andes in Colombia; postdoc at Cornell;
* Julie Elliott (2011-2013): Glaciology and tectonic geodesy; currently at Michigan State University
* Mike Willis
(2009-2012): Glacier remote sensing; Postdoc then a Cornell Research Associate (2012-2016) and Adjunct Assistant Research Professor, University of North Carolina; Assistant Professor at the University of Colorado, Boulder; now Associate Professor at Virginia Tech
* Tom Fournier (2008-2009): Tectonic and volcano geodesy; now at Shell OIl Company
* Noah Finnegan: (2006-2008) Intersection between geomorphology and geodesy; now an Associate Professor at UC Santa Cruz
• Current Graduate students:
• Andie Gomez-Patron (Ph.D. expected 2026) Volcanology
• Ashley Grant (Ph.D. expected 2031) Volcanology
• Former Graduate students:
•Alonzo Olitt (M.S. 2025) Volcanology; Now a PhD student in geophysics at UCLA
•Gisela Noguera (M.S. 2025) Remote Sensing for Wildfires
• Diego Lobos (Ph.D. 2024) Hydrogeodesy and Volcanology: see career path under former postdocs
• Elizabeth Eiden (Ph.D. 2024) Volcanology: Now a Mendenhall postdoctoral fellow with the USGS Landslide Hazards Team
• Patricia MacQueen (Ph.D. 2022) Volcano geophysics: Now a Geophysicist with the USGS Geology, Geophysics, and Geochemistry Science Center in Lakewood, CO
* Olaf Gustafson (Ph.D. 2020): Lunar remote sensing; Completed degree as an employee in the Cornell Facilities Engineering and worked on the Cornell Earth Source Heat project.
* Whyjay Zheng (Ph.D. 2020) Glacier remote sensing; Postdoctoral fellow at the University of California, Berkeley; now Assistant Professor at National Central University, Taiwan Center for Space and Remote Sensing Research
* Joey Durkin (Ph.D. 2019): Glacier and interaction with the solid Earth: Byrd postdoctoral fellow at The Ohio State University; now works at Mitre Corporation
* Francisco Delgado (Ph.D. 2018): Volcanology; currently Assistant Professor at the Universidad de Chile, formerly a postdoc at Équipe de Tectonique et Mécanique de la Litosphère at Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris
* Maria Furtney (M.S. 2016) Volcanology; Worked for the Washington Geological Survey; now a Full Stack UI Engineer for SciTec in Boulder, CO
* Scott Henderson (Ph.D. 2015): Volcanology; see career path under former postdocs
* Andrew Melkonian (M.S., 2011; Ph.D. 2015): Glacier Remote Sensing, now works as a computer programmer at Tessella, Inc.
* Holly Taylor (M.S. defended 2014): Geothermal ground deformation; worked at the Boston Museum of Science
* Jennifer Jay (Ph.D., 2014): Volcanology; was a postdoc with the Global Volcanism Program, Smithsonian Institution
* Stephen Holtkamp (M.S., 2009: co-advised with Rowena Lohman): Subduction zone earthquake cycle; Ph.D. from Miami University, NSF postdoc at University of Alaska, Fairbanks (UAF), now an Assistant Professor at AGH University of Kraków, Poland.
• Undergraduate students (62), from Cornell unless otherwise noted
•Rose Barris (2024-2026)
• Samuel Lee (2024) from Rutgers-Newark, CorGGLE program
• Sadé Miller (2024) from SUNY-Oneonta, CorGGLE program
• Lauren Michel (2023-2025)
• Austin Wada (2023) from UCSF, CorGGLE program
• Jiada Valenza (2023) from Hunter College, CorGGLE program
• Hugh Peng (2022-2024)
• Madeline Fresonke (2022)
• Chloe Crothers (2022) from SUNY Oneonta, CorGGLE program
• Laura Zapata (2022) from UCLA, CorGGLE program
• Nell Nicastro (2022-2023)
• Rochelle Duato (2022)
• Abigail Downs (2022-2023)
•Luke Jackson (2021-2022)
• Lin Way, Nanyang Technical University, Singapore (2020-2021)
• Maia Zhang (2020-2021)
• Zachary Katz (2020-2021)
• Jerry Meyer (2020)
* Savannah Ferretti (2019-2020)
* Jane Suhey (2019-2020)
* Kieran Gallager (2019)
* Leena Sen (2019-2020) - Senior thesis
* Linden Wike (2019)
* Harrison Tran (2018-2019)
* Karen Papazian (2018-2019)
* Emily Boedo (2018-2019)
* Alex Styler (2017)
* Allison Alcott (2017-2018)
* Samantha Moruzzi (2017-2018)
* Nicole Abib (2015-2016) - Senior thesis
* Alana Semple (2012-2015) - Senior thesis
* Garth Ornelas, Southwestern University (RESESS intern, 2014)
* Sam Nadell (2013-2014)
* Jennifer Cooper (2013-2014) - Senior thesis
* Adam Stewart (2013-2014)- Senior thesis
* Ian Moskal (2012-2013)
* David Krzesni, New Mexico Tech (IRIS intern, 2012)
* Mary Pisaniello (2012)
* Travis Duran (2012)
*Neesha Schnepf (2011-2013)- Senior thesis
*Eva Golos (2011-2013)- Senior thesis
*Mark Welch (2011-2012)
*Andreas Mavrommatis (2011)- Senior thesis
* Vivian Lin (2010)
* Nicki Button (2010-2012)
* Marissa Mnich (2009-2010)
* Peter Mares (2009-2010)
* Christopher House (NASA intern, 2009)
* Nathan Williams (2009-2011)
* Grace DiCinti, RPI (NASA intern, 2008)
* Sasha Bernstein (2008-2011)
* Erika Knight (2007-2009)
* Susan Riddick (NASA intern, 2007-2009)
* Nikhil Chandra (2007)
* Sarah Menassian (2006-2007, advised with Mike Poland, HVO)
* Lisa Tumia (2006)
* Eric Trautmann, Dartmouth (NASA intern, 2006)
* Tess Brandon (2005)
• Faculty: (Co-investigators on active or pending proposals)
* I am a member of INSTOC (Institute for the Study of Continents): A group of Cornell faculty and affiliates that organizes short courses and workshops
* Global Deformation Database Task Force
• Volcano Remote Sensing Working Group of the USGS Powell Center for Analysis and Synthesis
• CEOS Volcano Pilot Project for Latin America
• SEGMent project (NSF Continental Dynamics project to study early continental rifting in East Africa)
* Uturuncu NSF project: Scott Henderson (U. Washington); Tobias Fischer (U. New Mexico) and Jo Gottsmann, Jon Blundy, Mike Kendall (all University of Bristol)
• NSF project on Cordon Caulle, Chile eruption: Helge Gonnermann (Rice University) and Philipp Ruprech (University of Nevada, Reno)
* Rowena Lohman: Observations and models of crustal deformation
• Cornell Earth Source Heat project — project in the early stages to consider drilling 4-5 km to provide heat for the Cornell Campus.